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Joatmon,
I would tend to agree except that as soon as the os is called the bootstrap is over. That is about the same time that a person can interfere with the process too so the difference may just be semantics. The OS typically looks for errors or missing hardware and then looks for keystrikes and checks memory and other periferals. It is the OS that lets you interupt the boot process and get into the BIOS setup routine - I think....??
Paul
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A few questions on bootstrap loaders
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8 March 2012 - 11:12 PM
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PaulS1950, on 8 March 2012 - 05:06 PM, said:
It is the OS that lets you interupt the boot process and get into the BIOS setup routine - I think....??
Paul
Paul
No, it is the BIOS that does that. Once the BIOS hands over control to the OS then it is too late to enter the BIOS setup routine.
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